Description
Whitegate, a village and a parish in Cheshire. The village stands on the river Weaver, 2 miles S by W of Hartford station on the L. & N.W.R., and 4 SW of Northwich. It is sometimes called Newchurch, and has a post office under Northwich; money order and telegraph office, Over. The parish comprises Martin township and parts of Over and Weaverham. Population, 1519. There is a parish council consisting of nine members. Vale Royal, which is separately noticed, is the seat of Lord Delamere. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester; net value, £278 with residence. Patron, Lord Delamere. The church was built in 1726 on the site of the previous church, and was restored in 1875.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
